Wednesday, October 15
Writing From Life with Heather O’NeillIn this workshop, we will examine the ways in which a writer draws from their own lived experience and family history to create both fiction and non-fiction. We will look at creating a persona and a voice that is unique to one’s own experience. We will learn to embrace secrets and shame. It is when we are true to ourselves that our monsters and angels inhabit the page!Wednesday, October 15, 7-9pmNIFCO (40 Kings Road)
REGISTRATION: This workshop is free of charge, but participation is limited. To apply for a spot, send a one-page sample of your work to: director@riddlefence.com
Registration Deadline: October 3, 2025
Riddle Fence workshops are subsidized by the Canada Council for the Arts Public Outreach Program.
HEATHER O’NEILL is a novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. Her most recent novel is The Capital of Dreams. Her previous works include When We Lost Our Heads, which was a #1 national bestseller and a finalist for the Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal; The Lonely Hearts Hotel, which won the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and CBC’s Canada Reads; and Lullabies for Little Criminals, The Girl Who Was Saturday Night, and Daydreams of Angels, which were shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, the Orange Prize for Fiction, and the Scotiabank Giller Prize two years in a row. O’Neill has also won CBC’s Canada Reads and the Danuta Gleed Award. Born and raised in Montreal, she lives there today.